106536: His father will not let him observe i’tikaaf for reasons that are not convincing

What is the ruling on one whose father will not let him observe i'tikaaf for reasons that are not convincing?.

Praise be to Allaah.

I’tikaaf is Sunnah and honouring one's parents is obligatory,
and an obligatory duty cannot be waived for something that is Sunnah; the
Sunnah cannot be regarded as equal to something that is obligatory, because
the obligatory duty takes precedence over it. Allaah says in a hadeeth
qudsi: “My slave does not draw close to me by means of anything that is
dearer to Me than that which I have made obligatory upon him.” If your
father tells you not to observe i’tikaaf and he says things that imply that
you should not observe i'tikaaf because he needs you, then the way he sees
things is correct, not the way you see things. Because you want to do
i’tikaaf, so you think that these reasons are not acceptable, but your
father thinks that they are acceptable.

What we advise you is not to do i’tikaaf. Yes, if your father
says to you not to do i'tikaaf and he does not mention any reason for that,
you do not have to obey him in that case, because you are not obliged to
obey him in something that will not harm him if you go against him, and when
there is a benefit for you in that thing. End quote.